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Hi everyone,
I just realized that the battery slot is suitable for rectangular pack lipo (shorty and stick) as long as i modify the plastic that holds oval shaped lipo a bit.
The question is, will the modification affect the chassis significantly In terms of performance or endurance especially?
I'm reluctant to buy another battery pack just to fit this chassis, but i don't want to make the chassis break easily by recklessly modifying it.

A New Build!
It has been a long time coming, but it is now time for a build thread as I tackle the:
I have waited a long time for this model, cutting back in other areas of my finances to keep the pre-order I applied for a long time ago. Naturally, then, I am beyond excited to have an example in my hands.
Such is my excitement that I can write an incredibly boring piece about my ruminations of both the Lancia 037 and Tamiya's equivalents
On the Lancia 037, 58040, 58278, and 58654
The Lancia 037 is a vehicle that holds a special place in my heart.
On the face of it, the 037 is a mid-engine rally machine, a sportscar that can tackle rough roads. It does so with a unique style and flair, with its Italian styling and heritage rooted in the country that produces some of the most soul-stirring automobiles ever made.
Perhaps Tamiya did not think of this when they first produced a version of the 037, marketed as the Lancia Rally. As we know, this was an odd contraption, capturing the body’s lines perfectly while parking it on top of quite an awkward-looking chassis. Handling depended on who you ask and what motor you left in there, but the superb shell was difficult to preserve under less-than-careful driving.
Today, we remember Lancia’s 037 as the last rear-wheel drive car to win the World Rally Championship for Makes, defeating the nascent Audi Quattro and its four-wheel drive, with supercharging, to paraphrase 037 pilot Markku Alen. We remember it as a beautiful little racer stuck somewhere between the radical Stratos and the terrifying Delta S4, not as accomplished as its angular predecessor and not as memorably intimidating as its successor. It never even had a name outside of its project number.
We remember Tamiya’s Lancia Rally quite differently, it seems, and its legacy is a little more divisive. Many bemoan its mediocre handling, fragile shell, and unusual proportions, while others praise its wonderfully detailed body, genuine off-road capability, and unusual proportions.
In 2001, Tamiya addressed the non-scale appearance of the original Lancia Rally in a re-release. Now known as the Lancia 037 Rally as on the box, this offering kept the superb shell, added some more detail parts, and placed it on a much more proportionally-correct touring car chassis. While this version lost much of the off-road ability of the original, especially as the special TA-03R-S chassis was a belt-driven one, it definitely looked more serious – even if an oversized bumper was issued with the re-release, like the original’s massive bush guard…
17 years later, and Tamiya has re-released the re-release. The proportionally-correct Lancia 037 Rally has made a reappearance, this time on a shaft-driven TA-02S chassis. The excellent shell and detail parts return, and so does a large snow plow bumper! The last-named still works well to avoid crash damage like that which the great Henri Toivonen encountered with his Lancia…
Grastens and Tamiya's Lancias
It was through the original-style Lancia Rally that the 037 made its way into my collection. I fell in love with it for its genuine off-road capability – like the Subaru Brat and Tamiya Frog that shared its chassis design – and its lovely detailed body shell. With the swoopy Martini stripes and the big rally spotlights sitting atop an aggressively jacked-up chassis, it looked like it was from outer space. The re-release of the Frog and Subaru Brat also meant that parts were readily available, as were upgrades that improved the original’s driving characteristics.
A fast car that can run on rough roads, with easy maintenance and good parts support… It was the rally car I had dreamed of!
This was in 2014, which was well after the first re-release 037 was discontinued - to say nothing of the original! At the time, I figured I would never be able to acquire a re-release, and for some time did not want to. The original had that useful ground clearance and actual rear-wheel drive, two traits that endeared it to me over the four-wheel drive touring car-based iteration.
Yet by 2017, my Lancia was no longer in running condition, and my enthusiasm for the hobby as a whole had diminished. I had to sell off much of my equipment to fund life, among them my Lancia's bodywork. By reigniting my passion for radio-controlled cars, the latest 037 saved my hobby career.
Much of my enthusiasm came from seeing the venerable Lancia being given the re-release treatment, from the new box to the updated photos. Some of it came from the fact that the new chassis for the car was a sealed shaft-driven type, which I figured would be much better for the off-road running I wanted to tackle with such a car. Even limited experience with a belt-driven TA-04 was enough for me to harbour doubts about a belt-driven machine in those conditions.
Most importantly, it was a car I had come to adore, emerging at a price well below my expectations for such a fantastic little machine. It simply got me excited again.
I placed my pre-order, held course, and finally saw it delivered to my country, where it was dispatched quickly.
First Impressions
Many people have reservations about the smaller boxes and the unattractive packaging of the re-releases compared to the blister packs of the original models, but I for one love the subsequent savings on shipping. The box was small and sleek:
The offsets look off in this box schematic, but consistent with the box art. Many 037s did have their wheels well tucked into the arches. What intrigues me more is the listed wheelbase of 236 mm; I had committed the figure of 237 mm long enough for me to find this particular detail odd, however inconsequential:
Was this a detail on the first re-release's box? FCA was not around back then, but Lancia and Martini sure were:
The packing is efficient and compact. I had difficulty replicating it following my examination of the contents:
And here is the first layer of parts from the box:
The second layer I extracted had many of the plastic chassis parts and some body detail pieces:
Instructions, decals, and metal hardware can be found near or at the bottom:
The decal sheet looks identical to the earlier re-release's, but I had never seen that before and was intrigued by the dashboard decals for the cockpit set at first:
The story of me selling my original Lancia Rally shell has an important catch: I sold the one I finished, but had a spare body set. Initially keeping it for spares - I anticipated the worst for what was my most frequent runner - I dug it out to reaffirm everything I knew about the differences between the original and re-release bodies:
I assume it is normal for the original shell to have a slightly more yellow plastic
The enthusiasm generated by this new Lancia has inspired me to finish my original one; such is the power of this special model.
Planning the Build
I will likely be building this car up out of sequence, as I have an international order of ball bearings on the way and not enough spares to outfit the entire car. I will be sure to outline steps I follow for specific parts and their places in the manual.
The same delay applies to light sets; however I also anticipate that acquiring paint and having good painting conditions will be difficult. Hence, the bodywork may only occur much later.
I will be provisioning supplies to finish two bodies while I sort out my original Lancia Rally. It might receive some coverage in this build, but the focus will be on the re-release. Accordingly, I intend to finish the original in box-art Martini Racing livery. This leaves the re-release open to some customization.
As for that customization: lots of lovely paint schemes exist for this car, but without custom printing I will either be repeating the box-art Martini livery, piecing together decals for a 1986 Bastos-Texaco racer, finishing up Markku Alen's 1985 Portugal test car, or finally getting Adobe Illustrator and commissioning a printer for a nice set of Jolly Club/Totip decals, courtesy of TamiyaClub's own firefoxussr
If I have the time and resources, I have several other liveries from the 1983 season in mind, which I may detail later if they come up as an option. I selected 1983 as I do not feel like parting with the rear bumper (Evo.2 Lancia 037s appeared from 1984 onward, which omitted the rear bumper for practicality).
Resources permitting, I also hope to construct an engine bay and roll cage for the model, the first real scratch-building project I will undertake! I hope I can exercise enough restraint to get those finished before abandoning it all to thrash the finished car...
The Last Word - For Now
If you have read this far: congratulations, and thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts
If not: I can hardly blame you. All you need to know is that I am really excited for this model!
In any case, I look forward to commencing the build!

Evening
Some of you may remember my FF01 speed run car I've been slowly building.
It's not quite finished although the finish line is certainly in sight now, so I thought it was about time I started my next project which I've had in mind for a while.
For the last couple of years I've had an old TA01 Chassis kicking around. I've never used it but it's always sat on my desk in the hope I might build it into something one day. Well, that Chassis still isn't being used but it provided the inspiration for this build.
It all started off with me spotting a brand new TA01/02 FRP Chassis kit on eBay a few weeks ago. I stuck it in my watch list expecting it to get snapped up before I had the money to buy it myself. Surprisingly as pay day came around three weeks later it was still sitting there. So I bought it, and plenty of other bits to go with it. Anyway, today those bits arrived
Not one to stand on ceremony I got straight on with building the chassis. Now I've dismantled plenty of TA01 and TA02 chassis' to be able to do it with my eyes shut, however despite my FF01 being FRP the chassis came pre-assembled so I've never actually built one. After staring at the parts tree and pile of screws for a while I decided to get the FF01 down to use as a reference for where it all went. That worked and before I knew it I was underway
You'll notice the FF01 doing a bit of life modelling in the background. A very useful reference.
I figured as I'd got this far (reasonably quickly) I might as well attach the gearbox casings as well.
Im still waiting for a rear diff to arrive so I could only attach the main rear housing, however because I'm running this as RWD I carried out getting the empty front casing screwed together and onto the chassis along with the FRP top deck
I then had to figure out how the carbon front body mount bracket went together and onto the chassis. It took a bit of googling to find a decent picture but I think I got it right haha!
I'm still waiting for plenty of other bits to arrive but I'm happy with the start I made this evening
For the body I decided on the Mercedes 190E from the TT01E kit. After lots of searching I managed to find someone selling the body, sticker set and wheels but after adding it all up with shipping it was coming to nearly £70!! I did a bit of googling and found Tower Hobbies were selling the whole kit for £93 delivered! So I bought the whole kit!
Ive taken out the body, stickers, wheels and tyre's and I'll advertise the chassis kit on eBay as I've got no interest in the TT01.
Thats about it so far. Not bad for the first night

So a New Year brings new changes. I haven't done as much RC building etc the last couple of years as I would have wanted (gee, that sounds almost like a confession!). This year I've managed to start off with a much more positive. As I have a number of projects, I thought it would be better to do one thread than to start lots of smaller threads that aren't updated regularly.
With that I will start off with my CC01 build. I bought this one just over a year ago second had. Both the body and the chassis had been cut up. But at least it worked (and I got it cheap).
So the before pics.

I built this car a long time ago for a drift build-off. Being time sensitive and having a 1 year old at the time, it ended up functional if a bit dodgy in spots to make the deadline. Here's a quick poorly shot video of it whipping around. I definitely need more driving practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQz_SYY-Sg&t=95s
I put a few battery packs through circling around the driveway and then put it on the shelf for a few years. Well, 8 years to be exact. I decided to rebuild to get it back up and running as well as do some modifications to the dodgy parts.
Here's the car in it's former state. It's a Nikko 959 body on top of a shortened widened TA02 chassis. A Tamiya 959 is on my want list, though it's WAY out of my price range. Plus, I'd be scared to death to drive it. I thought this was the next best thing. I don't feel too bad about sliding this one all around, spares are all over and cheap, and while it's not super detailed, it looks pretty good cruising around. I've robbed some parts off it over the years, but it's mostly intact though in rough shape.
Enough story, let's get to the pics! I'm not much for flashy paint schemes. Not sure what, if anything I want to do to the body. Love the color. No wheels, no shocks, and I cleaned off 8 years worth of dust for the pics.
Chassis is custom 6061 that I painted "carbon" ...Seemed like a good idea at the time. It's about 30cm shorter than a standard short tub to fit the WB of the Nikko body. Let's cal it a TA02 SS, or Super Short
I've got serious stress cracks all over the chassis. The front gearbox was actually breaking in two. The rear was in good shape, though I had painted it silver and it's not aging well color-wise. Wondering if the paint helped it survive? No cracks anywhere on it. Interesting... Anyway, these bits have led a hard life in many vehicles, I can retire them with honor.
Some new silver gear cases just showed up! Time to get wrenching...

Hi all, this is my first post on the forums here and the 1:10 build of the mighty Lancia 037.
The chassis build is well documented on TC forums so wont post pics of that.
The bodyshell has decent realism to it, but I wanted more so I cut open the air intakes and added some stainless mesh.
Also plastic welded the body post holes and window mounting screw holes shut.(will use magnets to keep the shell on the chassis)
The body is starting to look decent now, had major paint issues with Tamiya spray(never used these), changed to 500ml spray cans and the result is not too bad, some cleaning needed still but .. -it looks ok to me.
Some decals and paint still to apply.

Bought this for a project that fell through, so don't need it anymore. Arrived today. BNIP. I paid just under £9 including postage and fees. Anybody want to take it off my hands for £8.50 posted in the UK? Will happily post overseas if you cover costs. Really nice piece of kit. I ran the longer version in my Terra Conqueror Evo last summer. Very nice it was too. Any of you guys with some of the Lancia TA02-S/W reres want some blue goodness?

After getting tired of bashing over the last 25 years, I think I might be ready to get into racing.
Though I'm not 100% certain which chassis I should start out with. I have a classic TA02 (IMSA 300zx) and is probably suited for my skill level. However it is a very expensive kit. $850 AUD on ebay. So I really don't want to break it.
So I recently bought a new TA06. Though its potential is probably WAY above my skill level. So I have been advised by 1 person so far to run the TA02 (Though I'm still concerned about breaking it)
So which would be best to learn on? I also picked up a TRF414 for when my skills improve (and is a classic that I don't want to break), so that probably wont be driving that for a very long time.
From what I've been told about my local track is that I am restricted to Yokomo/Awesomatix/XRAY/Mugen/VBC chassis if I want to race. Plus I'll need to buy a new radio (40MHz FM isn't allowed), new brushless motor, esc, approved batteries and bodies etc.
It kind of sucks that Tamiya isn't allowed - or any of my old existing stuff for that matter. Is that unusual? :/ Thoughts?

Evening,
I've recently got all my old R/C gear out of the loft. Amongst my various shelf queens I found a TA02 (which I've since been informed is a TA01!) chassis that I'd bought. It seems pretty complete but as I've got a fair few road cars I wouldn't mind wide tracking this one and jacking it up with a truck body of some sort. I've heard that bits from a DF01 can be used but I'm not 100% sure on what bits I need.
If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great.
Here's the chassis as it was pulled out of the box.
Cheers,
Sammo

It's been a while since I built a Tamiya "fun" kit. Good thing I just won a NIB Desert Fielder TA02T on eBay. This will be my very first TA build. I'm looking forward to it.
I have a few questions:
What is the body that comes on this truck? Is it the S-10? Is it the Ford F-150? Or is it something else? I can't tell for certain from the photos.
I ordered ball bearings right away. Are there any other upgrades I should start with? I'm going to use this as an on-road truck with maybe some light off-road, rally running. Thank you.

I have a few projects going on at the moment and I've been meaning to start a build thread for a while. I will post about the cars as I'm working on them, some may take much longer than others and some may never get finished .
Here's what I currently have in the fleet, if anyone would like to see or ask a question about a specific car just shout.
TT01 - Countersteer drift car.
TA02 SW - Built chassis intended as a shelf queen but I messed up the body so need to buy another.
Bruiser - Part assembled for almost a year.
CC01 - Built chassis (stalled camera car project).
TA02 SW - 40th Anniversary still in box.
FF03 - Speed run car (*worlds fastest FF03 82Mph)
F103 GT - Built chassis with Mugen body currently a shelf queen but intended for speed runs.
TRF 419x - Built chassis planned for 17.5T blinky club racing.
M05r vII - In progress.
TT02 - Stalled speed project, either TT02s conversion or shelf.
TB04 Evo IV - Silver can challenge car, current fastest silver can powered Tamiya at (44.8Mph)
TRF 418 - Speed run project car going for triple digits and current fastest Tamiya Club Car (85.5Mph) (94.8Mph)
I'll start with the M05. I'm working on a Swift body for it and at the decal stage but need to visit my friend and get some more vinyl cut but here it is as of today.
It's a V2 R kit with lots of nice Hop Ups included from Tamiya so the only additional parts are carbon towers, hollow carbon gear shaft and 3Racing graphite side trays. I ordered the towers before I built the car and have discovered that the front tower is completely pointless. I just noticed that to fit the 3Racing side trays I need to drill the chassis holes for the mount to sit flush .
The pointless front shock tower:
The side tray problem:
Chassis:
It was a nice build overall and I'm very much looking forward to running it. My current plan is to finish the body and then decide on the motor but at the moment I'm thinking about a 2s, 3.5T setup .
EDIT
*Wild claims relating to having the worlds fastest 2s FF03 are to the best of my knowledge correct at time of posting.

Wondering if the shorter prop shaft out of a TA02 (compared the TA01) might fit my old Thunder Dragon to get rid of the coat hanger prop in that. Could someone with a TA02 measure the distance between the gearbox faces please? Just so I can get a rough idea if it's anywhere near.
Thanks.

So the TA01 I got looks like it's going TA02 spec at the front as I need wishbones. After some 42mm shafts which I could just keep the dog bones and buy some of those, but I have noticed when looking for 42mm universals (nothing doing) I have seen 42mm swing shafts on their own but I don't know what wheel axles to look for. Can anyone help with a part number? Using the TA02 blue uprights.
Thanks!

Some old 1/10 touring bodies on Ebay including my 360,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/anchordriver/m.html?item=182564218416&hash=item2a81ace630%3Ag%3AgoIAAOSww9xZDzTR&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Please feel free to PM me any questions and thanks for looking.
T.

I try to race at one of the local clubs at least once a week, we don't have a club in the town where I live, but there are three or four within 30 miles radius. There's a bunch of four or five of us that usually descend on the chosen club of the evening, and we try not to cause too much trouble.
However sometimes its just just much more fun to take something to race that's a little bit less serious than the latest 1/10 competition touring car, so we've started racing our older cars. It came about as we were reminiscing about the old cars that were still hanging around in the lofts and sheds. My first proper car was a TA01 tiger strip Escort Cosworth, and I still have it, sort of. It's a bit like triggers broom and only a handful of parts are original. It's still great fun to drive tho, and very forgiving.
Thats mine on the left wearing the Cavalier body, and my mates TA02 wearing a Carson Astra body. They looks really good as they tussle, pitching violently into each corner. They are nowhere near as composed as a modern chassis, but much more forgiving. We are using old 27t stock motors as the track is quite small and has a ban on brushless to keep the speeds down. This isn't a bad thing per se, as it means the cars are having a relatively gentle time.
More recently, I tried one of my FF01s there, it was great but the old plastic seems to be very brittle and I broke the front gearbox. It was good while I lasted tho.
Ill get more pics when we try to take things less seriously. But we still end up having good racing.

Hi guys,
at tamiiyclub.com i' ve seen some interesting parts from the user "OCD" he has many fluorescent parts for the TA 02 Chassis. I'm very interested at these fluorescent parts. Especially in the green gear cases for this chassis. The number is "49548" but on google you didn't find anything.
So can someone of you help me andy has this green gear cases for sale?
The photos on these thread are from the user "OCD". They are just for illustration.
Thanks.

As title.
I am aware of the Fibre-Lyte parts, thought I'd try my luck here first. The Press Parts Bag would be the ultimate, as I do need the wing stay and battery plates too (kinda).
I'm after a fair few other DF01 parts too, converting a TA01 with FRP chassis to DF01.
Cheers.

Hi, i am wondering if anyone has a good idea on how to achieve a teal blue-green as close as possible to the picture that i have attached.
Found a Cobra R body set hiding among some HPI bodies at my LHS, was covered in dust and had an HPI Peugeot Rally card on it. It was not the American Flag version. Just the stock Cobra R.
Going to do a non-box art, period correct colour sitting on the Ta02.
Thanks for your input!

Hi selling my TA02 Escort cosworth with a few extas on ebay;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-TA02-Escort-complete-chassis-and-box-controller-3-shells-box-of-extras-/201257601661?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123
Moving house so space and money desperately needed, unfortunately this has to go. I bought it all through ebay about 8/9 years ago. It was working fine the last time I used it but I haven't tested or even cleaned it because I know I'll want to keep it then. Complete with radio gear, transmitter and receiver, battery pack and charger. Chassis seems to be original TA02 Escort Cosworth with an ESC, MSC included too. Original manual and box, box has a tear on one side. Original wheels and tyres but wheels have been sprayed silver.
Extras are:
Escort Cosworth shell - has been badly painted, bashed at front crack in rear bumper and front arch. Original mirrors and 'whale tail' spoiler included.
Subaru Impreza WRX shell - not tamiya so post holes are a bit off, wheels line up, vgc with mirrors
Ford F150 Lightning shell - unsure if this is Tamiya but is good quality and all lines up. Paint job is very good, black bars for behind cab included
Chrome wheels with tyres - as new
Humvee / Ford ranger tyres - as new
Fast charger, not really sure what it is. Says 12v Teamline ProPeak Delta Peak fast charger, 6-7 cells 1300-1800mAh
If I come across anything else I'll include it.
£60 seems cheap for all this so don't miss out!

I got a very nice already build M1025 Hummer, like brand new shinny look. All boxes, manuel not yellowish. Even got a small cute brown Tamiya Humvee box that Go with it! Pair of spair mirror, many diff gear, an mechanic esc still sealed. Brand new Futaba servo and Mabuchi motor. Couple of decal are still on decal sheet. ABS body have been paint, only 2 thin coat on it, Body never receive putty or filer,
have been built and run 5min on asphalt, no dirt, water only little tire wearing. No sing of glue or old electronic tape.
Open to trade and offer
Truck is located in Montreal, and canadian $ is low!
Thanks everybody

Anyone after a TA-02 chassis? Here is mine on the eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231426581150?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
No wheels or tires, or receiver crystal... but DOES come with stock motor, Accoms receiver, steering servo and Tamiya TEU-101Bk speed controller. Will also throw in a spare stock motor and a 3000mAh Ni-MH battery.
Go take a look... if you can... please?